Pyotr Gavrilov

Pyotr Gavrilov (30 June 1900-26 January 1979) was a general of the Soviet Union who fought in World War II.

Biography
Pyotr Gavrilov was born on 30 June 1900 to a Kerashen Tatar family in the Russian Empire, and became the commander of the 44th Motor Rifle Regiment as a Major. In 1941 he was the commander of Brest-Litovsk during the defense of its fortress from Nazi Germany during Operation Barbarossa, and he was captured by the Germans. His Bolshevik Party membership was revoked because he lost his membership card while in a German prison, and also because he was imprisoned by the fascists. Gavrilov commanded Japanese prisoner-of-war camps in Siberia from 1946 to 1947, and he died in Krasnodar.